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-- HIS MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION -- NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE POPE AND WITH THE KING OF PORTUGAL -- SECOND EXPEDITION ORDERED -- FONSECA -- THE PREPARATIONS AT CADIZ.
The letter which Columbus sent from Lisbon to the king and queen was everywhere published. It excited the enthusiasm first of Spain and then of the world. This letter found in the earlier editions is now one of the most choice curiosities of libraries. Well it may be, for it is the first public announcement of the greatest event of modern history.